Looking for some help on either recommended books or good pages on how to get started into muzzle loading. My wife bought me a traditions Kentucky Rifle percussion 50 cal kit for my birthday, I've long made a hobby out of picking up parts guns and restoring them for fun, but i've never even touched black powder and other than a basic knowledge of how they work and the differences in flintlock and percussion, im pretty well in the dark here, tried searching around the net and seems like everything i find is going off the assumption your already shooting. Living in Pennsylvania and a hunting community i would have thought i would know someone that uses it, but everyone ive talked to shoots inline:help:
I have the basic idea of loading down, but the big things im looking for is a idea of all the little goodies i need, any differences in cleaning and maintnence vs a standard firearm and most importantly what to do when things go wrong like the powder wont ignite for some reason or whatever else im not thinking. If anyone could point me in the way of a good book aimed towards beginners that would be great.
thanks for the help guys, im realy excited for the project especially the more i look around and get ideas for the inlays.